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A new start for Kyrgyzstan?

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The people of Kyrgyzstan have voted to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy. The vast majority have backed a new constitution that strengthens the national assembly and makes the prime minister more powerful than the president. The referendum came after autocratic leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted in a revolt and after ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan left hundreds of people dead earlier this month.

Program prepared by Aurélien Aeberhard and Charlotte Oberti.


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